A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE MOONIn general, are you glad to be...
In general, are you glad to be tethered by gravity to planet Earth?
Please circle one: Yes No
Is the light you appear to shed made of ghosts?
Please circle one: Yes No
If you were to describe the smell on your surface, you would use the word(s) (please circle all that apply):
-Snow
-Black tea
-Dust char on heater when heat is first turned on
-Marshmallow
-Wet nickel
-Lily of the valley
-Basement (damp)
-Bone marrow
-Normal rock
-None of the above
Do you dream?
Please circle one: Yes No
(If yes, please fill out the following)
Do you dream about:
-Contours?
-Falling?
-The horror of arrival?
-Attraction and its many forms?
-Swimming in the laval fields before they were solidified?
-Stairways, elevators, ladders, other means of ascent/descent?
-Icarus, his feathers, his avoidable death, an alternative night flight in which you would’ve seen him soar, would’ve seen him safely to new land?
-Tidal waves, rogue waves, walls of water, flood, rhythm, swell, retreat?
-Mirrors?
-Shoes?
-Blood?
The Wolf Moon is bright and high, and “The Moon in Full” series continues at the Paris Review.
